Term of office:  27 January 1917 to 13 August 1919 – Preceded by:   Alfredo González Alfredo González Flores Alfredo González Flores served as President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917. He was unable to complete his presidential mandate following a coup d'état on 27 January 1917, led by Federico Tinoco, his secretary for War and the Navy.... – Succeeded by:  Juan Bautista Quirós Juan Bautista Quirós Segura Juan Bautista Quirós Segura was president of Costa Rica for two weeks, from August 20 to September 2, 1919, following the resignation of Federico Tinoco... Date of birth: 21 November 1868 Place of birth: San José San José, Costa Rica San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San... Date of death: 7 September 1931 Place of death: Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... Party: military

General José Federico Alberto de Jesús Tinoco Granados (1870-1931) was a President

President

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 of Costa Rica

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.

After a career in the army, he was appointed Minister of War in the cabinet of President Alfredo González

Alfredo González Flores

Alfredo González Flores served as President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917. He was unable to complete his presidential mandate following a coup d'état on 27 January 1917, led by Federico Tinoco, his secretary for War and the Navy....

. On January 27, 1917 he and his brother José Joaquín seized power in a coup d'état

Coup d'état

A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...

 and established a repressive military dictatorship

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 that attempted to crush all opposition. Though his government won support from the upper classes because it turned back the austerity measures adopted by President González, it failed to win the recognition of the United States

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, where President Woodrow Wilson

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 supported the deposed government. Popular sentiment against Tinoco, which began on June 13, 1919, quickly came to a head, and his brother was assassinated in early August. On August 13 Tinoco resigned in favor of Juan Bautista Quirós

Juan Bautista Quirós Segura

Juan Bautista Quirós Segura was president of Costa Rica for two weeks, from August 20 to September 2, 1919, following the resignation of Federico Tinoco...

and went into exile in Europe. He died in Paris in 1931.